Need passport? Go to the mall

Need passport? Go to the mall
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Friday announced that it will soon start moving its regional consular offices to shopping malls around the country in a bid to improve passport services, and save the government millions of pesos as well.

DFA Consular Office Issues Advisory on Passport Applications

DFA Consular Office Issues Advisory on Passport Applications

This is for the OFW that have urgent need to renew their passports.

The DFA will extend up to one year the validity of the current expiring passports of applicants who have urgent travel. The extension will be free of charge while  the applicants are waiting for the release of their new electronic passports (ePassports).

Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and applicants who need their passports on emergency circumstances (e.g., medical concerns, death in the immediate family) are advised to go to the Passport Director's Office, for assistance. The Passport Director's Office is located at the ground floor of the DFA-OCA at the Aseana Business Park along Macapagal Avenue.

Also, the DFA-OCA has extended its work hours, and opened its services on Saturdays. Passport processing services is now available until 8:00 p.m. on weekdays and from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 pm on Saturdays.

The DFA advises the public to file for their passport applications at least 12 weeks before their intended date of travel.